When people come together, good things happen. Over the past year, with support from Illinois Clean Energy and Community Foundation, Prairie Rivers Network has convened several organizations who seek to restore and protect the rare and special habitats of the Illinois River system. While we continue to help identify conservation opportunities and priorities, our efforts […]
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Clinton Landfill Now Eyeing Coal Combustion Waste
While it is great news that Clinton Landfill has agreed to not store federally-regulated levels of PCBs, the saga isn’t over yet. An article in the Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette quoted the landfill’s attorney as saying that the landfill is looking to get into the business of accepting coal combustion waste from power plants. Coal waste can […]
Sidney train leak incident part of a growing and concerning national problem
The latest train incident causing a spill of petroleum products into an Illinois waterway happened in the small village of Sidney. Last Saturday, Sidney residents smelled diesel fuel and then saw it in the creek that drains into the Salt Fork of the Vermilion River in eastern Champaign County. The source was a Union Pacific train that […]
Congress Moving to Scrap Community Protections, Giving Polluters Free Pass on Coal Ash Dumping
Just three months (and only 42 working days) after EPA signed its first-ever coal ash rule, Representative McKinley (R-WV) has introduced a bill that guts the new EPA rule and protects the polluters who finance his campaigns. The bill will permanently give polluters a free pass to dump coal ash (the second largest industrial waste stream […]
Run for Your Rivers Raises over $5,700 for Clean Water
Thank you to our 2015 Run for Your Rivers and Walk for Your Streams Team Our team raised over $5,700 and ran/walked in the rain 167.8 miles in 33 hours, 8 minutes, and 6 seconds: Zachary Barnaal 10K 1:04:34 David Bullock 10K 0:58:26 Bob Burger 5K 0:29:33 Som Dutta 10K 1:10:54 Don Greeley 1/2 marathon […]
